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Fuel pump repair, gas tank straps Posted by Peter [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: '96 SET Fuel Pump, FPR?, David, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:49:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
This was not a diy job for me. (never dropped a fuel tank on any car) I was trying to diagnose the problem to the point of either DIC replacement (easy), or fuel pump (not so easy, at least w/o heated garage).
Initial estimate was around $1,100 for a new fuel pump assembly ($500), labor at 85/hr (around $400), and two fuel lines. Claim was the fp is impossible to remove w/o braking fuel line ends.
Final cost at a different shop was around $600 incl:
- testing pump to determine if only insert (motor) needed
- new insert
- new (aftermarket) tension bands for gas tank
- repair/re-attach heat shield
Fuel filter was changed at the same time, had one ready. FPR ok so far.
The rotted straps (Saab calls them 'tension bands') were a surprise, the heat shield was not, since you could see it was out of place, edge poking out from behind the tank.
The straps (p/n 4235040 ~$30 each) have a plastic cover, and were inspected last year by two different people including me. Did not think to loosen the bolts and look under the plastic at the time. They were disintegrating in flakes of rust. Another winter, and they would have probably snapped.
No time to get oem part so the shop had to improvise, and I can replace them another time. Kept one as an example, and can post a pic if anyone wants to see it.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
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